1956
Only a few short weeks till the close of the Alumni Fund. Forget not.
Any classmate planning to participate in the Alumni Sports Festival on August 17-19?
The U.S. Small Business Administration has designated Wilt Sogg attorney advocate for the State of Ohio. Oshkosh will be the new home of George Brophy, president, CEO, and one of the principal owners of Morgan Products Limited, recently purchased from Combustion Engineering.
Another new president is none other than H. Flint Ranney, who has assumed the chair of the Nantucket Historical Association. Presumably his fire engine is already a member. Under the category of long-awaited news, Russ Brace is seeking the Republican nomination for the Maine Senate from District 21. Russ is chairman of New England Publications and New England Communications. His credentials and long list of community and civic responsibilities should see him through a successful campaign.
There were 100 classmates born in June and July 1934. We'll start with Ed Abt who says from Southport, Conn., "... all the things for which there is no apparent time now will be accomplished later." Jon Allen in West Newton, Mass., and Ray Austin, a radiologist in Pittsfield, Mass., will turn 50 in June. Bernhard Bergesen will celebrate in Berkeley, Calif. Steve Brand from Schwenksville, Pa., admits he does not "have answers yet . . . wish I believed in reincarnation." Bill Burke will turn 50 in Fayetteville, N.Y. RichardBurkhart, a chemistry professor at the University of Nevada, notes, "it is a good time to begin sorting out values . . . fun ... a bit painful too." In New York, Len Clark will take the day off from executive recruiting and paint. Merritt Clark will celebrate in Derby, Conn., Ted Clause in Honolulu, and HowieClinch in Chicago. In Boise, Idaho, RogerCompton "cannot concern himself with midlife crisis ... I don't have time." Don Davidoff will turn 50 in Albany, Ed Delaney in Washington, and Cliff Donahower in Rochester.
Marine geologist Dave Duane will celebrate underwater. Vilhjalmur Einarsson may be in Iceland. At Penn State, Richard Gordon will turn 50 teaching his minerals economics class. Jim Greene will pass the day at the Bank of New Orleans, if he hasn't moved again. In Lauderhill, Fla., Bob Heller will observe his birthday; in Rochester, N.Y., DonHessler; in Madison, Wis., Bill Horton; and in Marion, Mass., John Hubbard.
Curt Jones out in Chicago observes sagely that "middle-aged introspection often suffers from truth-distorting nostalgia." Try saying that fast. Burt Kellogg will turn 50 in Oldwick, N.J. Yale Medical School will honor Herb KIeber on his birthday. Keith Ladd, president of his own security system firm in Philadelphia, will prove that crime does pay. Houston geologist Don Lane will turn 50, as will Don Lehrer in New City, N.Y., Ken Link in Harrisburg, Pa., and Stu Michaels in Hollywood, Fla.
Out in Walnut Creek, Calif., Tony Newey has a practice as a psychologist. Hot Springs, Ark., will celebrate with Joe Pascual. In Paris or wherever, Jim Pereire will toast the day. In Mequon, Wis., Chuck Ray notes that he "finds life uncomplicated as long as we have the ability to laugh at ourselves from time to time." Wallace Rogers will turn 50 in New York, Ramon Rustia in South Egremont, Mass., Don Singer in Richardson, Tex., and Alan Sklar in Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
Chuck Soule in Westborough, Mass., admits that he is "looking forward to the next 25." Tom Taranto in Wyckoff, N.J., RichardTerzian, a lawyer in Los Angeles, and Richard Thorp, a neurosurgeon in Fresno, Calif., will click by the half-century. Up in Nashua, N.H., Alan Voulgaris, a banker, and JohnWebb, in marketing, will celebrate. John Wanamaker, a physician in Athens, Pa., Richard Weber in Radnor, Pa., and New York editor Peter Weed will be 50 in June. Out in Los Angeles, John Williams will note the day, as will Paul Withington in Wausau, Wis. Glendale, Ohio, is the home of Stew Wood. Back in New York City, Bill Zales and MikeZissu will turn 50.
In July, Foster Aborn, from his perch high on the John Hancock building in Boston, will philosophize on the "pursuit of the good life." The crew of Fred Baker's PanAm aircraft will present him with a cake, without candles. Ted Beckwith will turn 50 in Painesville, Ohio, Doug Blieler in Farmington, Conn. Jon Blum, president of his own textiles firm in Philadelphia, notes that "time has evened out all the difficult moments." Burnett Buckborough's last address was Harvard. Don Bush is an attorney in Wayzata, Minn. Petroleum consultant John Chapman will celebrate in Richardson, Tex. Ira Colby is an attorney in Guilford, Conn., John Cole a chemist with Du Pont in Wilmington, DonCollins a secret at Los Alamos Lab, and JohnCotton a hydrologist in East Andover, N.H.
Dan Daniels, working for both Harvard and a community development organization, notes that "risk is a paradigm of life." In Burlington, Mass., Joihn DiIorio is chairman of the Old Colony Bank. Tom Fead is with the Connecticut Mutual Life Company in Denver. In New Castle, Pa., Wilbur Foht owns his own awning and car upholstery firm. PaulFord is a professor of education and administration at Western Washington University. From St. Louis, Lawrence Furrer notes that as he approaches 50 he has "acquired a far keener sense of what is really important in life." Lucky man!
Birthdays will be celebrated by Don Gray in St. Paul, Minn., Jon Gundersen in Louisville, Ky., Carl Hilker in Hamilton, Ohio, Roy Hinkle in West Hartford, Conn., and Pete Harpending in Elmira, N.Y.
July will provide birthdays for CharlesHonig in Fairlawn, N. J., Em Houck in Indianapolis, George Jobson in Valley Cottage, N.Y., and John and Bill Kustrup, both doctors in the Trenton/Princeton area. Pete Lauterbach will turn 50 in Cincinnati. Bill Magavern is a lawyer in Buffalo. From Mary Hitchcock Hospital, Don MacKay notes that we are "leaving an era of infinite possibilities and seeing a time of limited expectations." Bill Malcolm will think iconoclastic thoughts in Coos Bay, Ore. Bill Neely will turn 50 in Dallas, Paul Nelson at Ohio University, and Henry Pratt at Wayne State in Detroit. Both Sid Picker and his wife will teach law classes at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland. JohnPalmer in Chicago will muse over possible initiation rites for the post-30 crowd. JohnRamaley claims in Minneapolis that he is "free, happy, and challenged."
Salisbury, Conn., will be the site of KevinRyan's birthday. Wood Sutton will celebrate in Boston and Dave Tonneson in Beverly, Mass. Elliott Weinstein in Irvington, N.Y., will wonder why he ever agreed to publish "the book" from which your secretary so liberally lifts so much out of context.
Rounding out the birthday crowd, GeneWhite will climb another mountain on his birthday in California. Ken Wlaschin, newly moved from London to Los Angeles, will take in a movie. Al Woodruff, also in California, at Fresno, is a lawyer. Back in Providence is Rick Worrell. Bill Wheeler notes from Yakima, Wash., "So far, I have had no crises, mid-life or other." A good birthday wish for all of you.
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